I found this "interesting"....

[jebenson]

I read this story over the weekend, and thought you folks might be interested as well:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_en_ot/quote_abuse

Here's the actual blog:

http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

I used to rock and roll every night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find 30 minutes a week in which to get funky. - Homer Simpson

Arrrr, mateys! Ye needs ta be preparin' yerselves fer Talk Like a Pirate Day!

 

[SantaMufasa]

If I want to change the "flavor" of something, I add "salt", "pepper", or some other "spice" or even a "sauce". <grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[BobRodes]

See, that's the wrong way to do it. Mine's the right way.

<""Flavor"" has no specific meaning on it's [sic] own.

Well, my use of quotes around the word ""flavor"" is simply signifying that I'm quoting myself. Those are "metaquotes"--they're quoting a word used with quotes. (How meta can this discussion get? )

 

[SantaMufasa]

"metaquotes"

I never MetaQuote I didn't like.

<grin>

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[BobRodes]

<Quote (Will Rogers):

Yer puttin me on.

 

[SantaMufasa]

Yer puttin me on.

(Maybe I should have put either "Will Rogers", "MetaQuote", or "<grin>" in quotes.)


Er, um, maybe it was

I never met a man I didn't like.

Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]

 

[BobRodes]

Oh, now I get it. It's on the lines of "Ankh if you love Isis".

 

[drlex]

OK, in order to purge my lack of attention, I offer up another link:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/quoteabuse/

Photographic evidence of errant quotes (or 'flying commas' if my daughter is reciting).

soi la, soi carré

 

[BobRodes]

Oh, don't get me started on apostrophe abuse.

I still remember selling pianos for my local Steinway dealer, and my boss had painted on a new truck "Another load of fine piano's from Hammell Music!" I was mortified, and he wouldn't go to the cost of changing it. (That would have meant "reversing a Custer decision" to quote from "Little Big Man".)

 

[Michael52x]

My life would lose all flavor if I didn't rock out every night! Although, I keep an axe, and amp at work to jam on when Im having a beer. My Flying V gives me enough Quotes.
Hard core lexicographers here. There must be Dragons.

"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97

 

[BobRodes]

I can't jam when I've been drinking beer. Only whisky for blues, and cold sober for classical.

 

[Michael52x]

Hmmmm,,, Whiskey. Nope, dont touch it. Although, I would like to try some fine Scottish brews. Not the "american" imports, but the real stuff.$$$$$!
Im not a musician, just a guitar player.
Johnny Winter, Ronnie Montrose, Ricky Derringer, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Alvin Lee, Jeff Beck. Those are my heroes.

"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97

 

[BobRodes]

Mine are Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, etc. Of course, aside from a long list of people like Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin.